Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 12, 1938

* First Berlin to New York airplane flight
* Captain Alfred Henke - Brandenburg

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "PLANE HERE FROM BERLIN IN 25 HOURS WITHOUT STOP AFTER A SECRET TAKE-OFF" with subheads. (see) Page 3 has a banner headline: "Another Chapter in... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1938

* Landon Ronald death (1st report)
* English conductor - composer - teacher
* Guildhall School of Music principal

Page 15 has a one column heading: "LANDON RONALD, 65, BRITISH CONDUCTOR" with subhead and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 24 & 25, 1938 

* Frank Hawks killed in airplane crash 
* Aviation - aviator 

The Aug. 24th issue has one column headlines on page 5 include: "Frank Hawks, Noted Flier, Dies In Crash" "Socialite Companion Also Perishes In Blazing Plane" "HIT WIRE"... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 24, 1938

* Captain George E. T. Eyston
* Land speed record broken
* Thunberbolt car - Rolls-Royce R

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "Eyston Goes 347 MPH on Utah Flats" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Note: On August 24, 1938,... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 28, 1938

* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row

The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a 7 column headline: "Pearson Pitches No-Hit Game Against Cleveland" with subheads, box scores and photo of Pearson. (see) 1st... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1938

* Max Factor Sr. death
* Cosmetics - make-up founder

The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "MAX FACTOR DEAD; EXPERT IN MAKEUP" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Max Factor Sr., founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor.
Other news, sports and... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 5, 1938

* Patrick Joseph Hayes death (First report)
* American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Archbishop of New York

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Cardinal Hayes Dies at 70 In Sleep at Country Home" with subhead and photo. (see) Much more on pages 6 & 7 with... Read full description  

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 12, 1938

* 1938 Nuremberg Rally - Nazi Germany
* Annexation of Austria ? - Adolph Hitler
* 1 year away from World War II start

The front page has a banner headline: "'We'll Fight for Sudetens,' Hitler Vows" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the 1938 Nuremberg Rally which was named,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 16, 1938
 
* Thomas Wolfe's Death (1st report)
* American Novalist

This 44 page newspaper has one column headings on page 21 that include: "THOMAS C. WOLFE Dead", "Author of 'Look Homeward, Angel'"

One column photo of Wolfe as well. Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 18, 1938

* Bethlehem, Palestine - birthplace of Christ
* Raided by Arab gangs - terrorists

The top of page 29 has a one column heading: "ARAB REBEL GANGS SEIZE BETHLEHEM" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 48 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 19, 1938

* New York Yankees wins AL pennant
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era
* MLB baseball - best publication to be had

The sport's section (page 23) has a five column headline announcing: "Yanks Clinch Tenth American League Pennant" with subheads that include: "TWO RECORDS MADE AS YANKS... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, September 24, 1938

* Westinghouse Time Capsule I
* 1939 New York's World Fair
* Flushing Meadows Park

This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "RECORD OF TODAY BURIED FOR 6939", "5,000-Year Time Capsule Is Lowered Into Well on the World's Fair Grounds", "Contains 1,000... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 26, 1938

* Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year begins
* Jews - Judaica - Judaism holiday
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR

The back page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT GREETS JEWS ON NEW YEAR" with subheads that include: "HOPE VOICED IN SERMONS" and more. (see) The Jews in certain parts of Europe were... Read full description  

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 27, 1938

* German occupation of Czechoslovakia
* Adolph Hitler & the Nazi Party

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "CZECHS DEFY GERMANY" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the capitulation of Czechoslovakia by Adolph Hitler and Germany.
 Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description  

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Oct. 1, 1938

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins
* Nazis - Adolph Hitler enters Czechoslovakia

The day prior British Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain gave a speech concerning the Munich Agreement and the Anglo-German Declaration and assured the British people that: "...it is peace for our time"... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1938 

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 
* Czechoslovakia 
* Nazis - Adolph Hitler 

This 30+ page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Poland to Get Czech City Today as Germans Take Sudeten Area" with subheads. This is... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mass., October 3, 1938

* Bob Feller 18 strikeouts (record at the time)
* Cleveland Indians - MLB baseball

The sport's section (page 18) has a one column heading: "FELLER SETS MARK BY STRIKING OUT 18" with subhead and box scores. (see) First report coverage on Bob Feller breaking the MLB baseball record... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1938

* Aviator, Hermann Koehl death
* Atlantic - East to West fame

This 150+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 45 that include: "HERMANN KOEHL, OCEAN FLIER, DIES", "German Captain Pilot of the Plane Bremen on First East-to-West Atlantic Hop", "Shot Down Twice In War" and... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 11, 1938

* Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke death (1st report)
* English amateur cricketer - Yorkshire and England

The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "LORD HAWKE DEAD; LEADER IN CRICKET" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description  

ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, October 16, 1938 

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 
* Adolph Hitler greeted at  Eger, Czechoslovakia 

The front page has five related photos with heading: "The German Armies March Into Czechoslovakia" (see)
Complete rotogravure section only with 8... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1938

* Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer ?
* Receives: "Service Cross of the German Eagle"
* Field Marshall Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Hitler Grants Lindbergh High Decoration After Bitter Attacks on Flier by Russians" (see)... Read full description  

Brummbar (the week's-supplement of the Berliner Morgenpost), October 22, 1938  A 4-page colorful supplement to the Berliner Morgenpost, with various illustrated cartoons - from just prior to World War II. This supplement is in very good condition (see images).

JB - ILLUSTSRIERTE BEOBACHTER (Illustrated Observer), Munich, Oct. 27, 1938  The entire front page is taken up with a photo that includes Adolf Hitler. A wealth of Nazi propaganda reporting, with many photos, in this 48 page, tabloid-size newspaper;
An inside page has an ad clipped, otherwise very nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 29, 1938

* Polenaktion "Polish Action" (1st report)
* Arrests and expulsion of Jews in Germany
* Jewish persecution - pre-holocaust

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GERMANY DEPORTS JEWS TO POLAND; SEIZES THOUSANDS" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events... Read full description